Hallucigenia is a genus of Cambrian animals. If Salvadore Dali were God, he would surely have designed an animal that looked like Hallucigenia. It has been described as the most surreal creature ...

Meet Hallucigenia, a spiky worm from over half a billion years ago that defied the rules of nature and forced us to rethink the story of life on Earth. Its discovery shook the scientific world ...

Hallucigenia sparsa is a type of worm, and much like earthworms, it is hard to know its head from its tail and its top from its bottom. In fact, when it was first described as a genus, it was ...

So what did Hallucigenia look like when it was alive? Quite small – between 5 and 35 millimetres in length – but nevertheless it probably looked rather formidable, with ridged spines along its ...

Last week, the most comprehensive description yet of Hallucigenia was published. That paper described Wiwaxia as “a bizarre metazoan that has been interpreted as a primitive mollusc and as a pol ...

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But scientists said on Wednesday a new analysis of fossils of Hallucigenia, so named for its fantastical appearance, has given them for the first time a complete understanding of this little sea ...

Hallucigenia, which owes its name to its unworldly appearance, was so odd that scientists initially confused its top from its bottom and its head from its tail. However, a study has now ...

Colour reconstruction of Hallucigenia sparsa, a very weird, very ancient animal. (Danielle Dufault) Hallucigenia is aptly named: With long spines down its back, seven pairs of clawed legs ...

Halluc IIx, which is meant to serve as a model for a futuristic, self-driving vehicle, is part of the Hallucigenia Project, which is named for this guy: Here's a bit more about Hallucigenia ...